For the 4th of July weekend, one of the radio stations here was doing an A to Z Countdown, playing their entire music library in alphabetical order. They do this every year and my family listens to it.

I've always hated those commercials...always figured if'n I donated a wreck, it'd be in their posession for 30 days and then when they didn't do anything with it in an appropriate amount of time, they'd find some kids who went and played 'hide and seek' in the friggin trunk; the car would make the news and I'd recognize it and feel like crap.

Nope.

Ain't happenin' here.

X <sig.nature>"What we do for ourselves dies with us, What we do for others is and remains immortal." - Albert Pike

I rarely hear this piece of sheet beyond the first 3-4 notes, as I hit the mute button immediately. It does have it's sole redeeming value in that if it comes on before I get my lazy ass out of bed in the AM I'll jump out and hit the snooze ASAP.

The ad I'd really love to see has the GEICO Gecko being run over and flattened by the Energizer bunny.

So I'm sitting at my desk at work... minding my own business... when alllll of a sudden...without warning...my ears are assaulted by this damn commercial. But not the regular version that I hear all the time...it was the so-called punk rock version. I had to do everything in my power to not start screaming and punt the radio out of the 12th floor window.

Why must this ad continue to torture me? Any and all versions of this commercial suck! STOP PLAYING IT, I TELL YOU! STOP! I'M GOING MAD, MAD I TELL YOU! It'll be Times Square axe-wielding maniac time if I hear this ad again today! Stay tuned.

I rarely hear this piece of sheet beyond the first 3-4 notes, as I hit the mute button immediately. It does have it's sole redeeming value in that if it comes on before I get my lazy ass out of bed in the AM I'll jump out and hit the snooze ASAP.

Lol! Several radio stations that I often listen to recently started playing them. Was "cutesy" at first, but the cuteness had worn off by the fourth day. Also have to shut'em up by clicking the 'ol Mute button as well..

That's in NY? I haven't ranted about it because I though it was limited to the San Francisco area. Apparently it's a nationwide scam. I assumed it was a scam the first time I heard the horrible, whiny little dingus "singing", but that was just an assumption.

Then I searched for kars for kids scams and came up with lots and lots of hits including the Better Business Bureau. Then I found that the outfit is based in New Jersey. Now THAT makes sense. I just don't know why they decided to pollute the air waves in San Francisco.See this, for example: http://kars4kids-scam.blogspot.com/

You would not believe how quickly a 71-year-old fat guy with war wounds can move when necessary to TURN OFF THE RADIO or change stations. Sometimes even I am amazed.

They MUST have tested this on focus groups to fine-tune the original commercial for maximum annoyance. A couple of months ago they tried an updated jazzy version, but they've gone back to the original now. As annoying as the updated version was, apparently the original just can't be beat for pure, sheer horrible.

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